Welcome!

Headshot of Gabriel smiling in a white button down and deep purple tie against a brick wallMy name is Gabriel Alberts and I am a fifth-year PhD candidate in the SHBT Program at Harvard. I work with Sunil Puria in the OtoBiomechanics Group at Massachusetts Eye and Ear on using optical coherence tomography to image and measure vibrations of cells within the cochleae of livings animals in addition to modeling those vibrations using finite-element methods.

Prior to entering graduate school, I spent a year with Dr. Mark Sheplak in the Interdisciplinary Microsystems Group at the University of Florida studying the acoustic properties of a plasma speaker for its use in high-frequency testing of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) microphones. I also spent a summer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology analyzing a reference object for 3D structural abnormalities using an x-ray computed tomography (CT) system.

I received my BS in Physics and BMus for violin performance both from the University of Florida in 2018. Go Gators! I performed my undergraduate research under Dr. Guido Mueller in the Department of Physics studying mirror birefringence using laser heterodyne polarimetery.

Outside of work, I enjoying playing sports and music. I have played soccer and almost rowed (COVID canceled) with GSAS intramural teams and played with two virtual chamber groups through the MIT Chamber Music Society.